Buckle.



PATENTED MAR. 19,' 1907.-

A. RITTER.

BUCKLE.

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BUCKLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Batented March 19, 1907.

Application filed November 19, 1906. Serial No. 344,081.

T0 LZZ whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, ABRAHAM RITTER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the borough of Manhattan, city and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Buckles, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to buckles for belts, straps, andthe like; and its object is to produce a buckle which may be cheaply manufactured and be readily attached to or detached from a belt or similar article. By means of my invention it will be possible to use one buckle for attachment to any one of numerous belts, thus obviating the necessity of having a buckle attached to each belt, and consequently reducing the cost of manufacture of a belt.

My invention comprises a plate of any suitable form and material, provided with one or more pins or projections on one surface thereof, which are adapted to be passed through perforations in a strip of leather or the like. Movably attached, as by a hinge, to the plate is a second plate or clamping member, which is adapted to be forced down and engage the pins on the bed-plate, thus firmly locking the strip of leather or the` like against movement or withdrawal.

To remove the buckle from the belt, it is only necessary to raise the clamping-plate to a substantially vertical position, after which the pins may be Withdrawn from the perforations.

I will now describe my invention with refere/nce to the accompanying drawings and point out the distinctive features thereof in the annexed claims.

Figure l is a plan view of my improved buckle. Fig. 2 is a sectional view thereof. Figs. 3 and 4 are plan views of modified forms of buckles which may be employed in carrying my invention into effect. Fig. 5 is a sectional view of the form shown in 3; and Fig. 6 is a sectional view of the form shown in Fig. 4, to a larger scale.

Referring to Fig. l of the drawings, l is a flat plate of any suitable material and form, one surface ofwhich is provided with a plurality of .pins 2, located diametrically oppo.

site each other and formed with spherical or rounded heads, as shown at 3. The pins, 2 are adapted to be passed through perforations 4 in one end of a belt or strap 5 for the purposes hereinafter explained, which is attached to the plate by turning over the end and sewing it, as shown. Hinged at 6 to each end of the plate l are clamping members 7, formed of narrow strips of metal, which when pressed down upon the plate 1 are adapted to be forced under and firmly held by the head 3 of the pin 2.

It will be observed that when applying my improved buckle to a belt or the like the plate l is first placed beneath one end of the belt and may be fastened thereto, as shown, and the pins 2 passed through the perforations thereof. The perforations in the loose end of the belt are then passed over the pins 2 and the clamping members 7 pressed down, so that the inner edges thereof are engaged by the heads of the pins.

In the modified form of buckle shownin Figs. 3 and 5, instead of two clamping members a single clamping member '7 is employed which is elliptical in form and is hinged at 6 to one end of the plate l. In

this form the pins 2 are engaged by the inside edges of the clamping member.

In the modification shown in Figs. 4 and 6 the clamping member 7 is hinged at 6 to one end of the plate 1 and is provided with a bar 8, extending from side to side thereof, which is adapted to be forced under the heads of the pins 2.

I have described my invention with reference to the particular forms of ins and clamping members shown in the rawings; but my invention is not confined thereto. In lieu of the clamping members shown circular or other forms of clamping members may be employed, and the pins may be formed in any manner which will properly carry out the objects of my invention, and while, as shown, two or more pins are preferably employed for greater security.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A buckle comprising a plate, a pin located on one side of said plate in position to pass through a perforation in a belt or the like placed over said plate, and a clamping member movably connected to said plate; said pin and clamping member being provided with suitable means whereby they interlock; said interlocking means being constructed to automatically yield so that the parts may be pressed into and out of locking relation for opening and closing the buckle.

2. A buckle comprising a plate, a plurality. of pins located on said plate in position to IOO IIO

pass through perforations in a belt or the like, l the belt or the like, and a member movably and constructed With approximately spherl secured to the plate and constructed to enioal heads, a Clamping member hinged to the gage and interlock with the pins; the intor- 15 plate, and constructed With an automatieallyr looking means on one oli said parts being 5 yielding part adapted to interlock With or to l constructed to yield whereby the clamping be released from the heads of the pins, on l member may be pressed into or out olt the applyiig pressure to the plate in the appro lI engaging and interlocking relation.

rlate Ireetlon. Y fw p 3. A detachable buckle Jfor belts and the i ABRAHAM lll Llull Io like, Comprising a plate,` a plurality of pro- Witnesses: jeetions provided on said plate and posiy HARRY E. KNIGII'I, tioned to be passed through perforations in i WILLIAM l). HAMMOND. 

